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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Samuel 5:18

The P'lishtim came and deployed in the Refa'im Valley.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Philistines;   Rain;   Rephaim;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;   Rephaim, or Giants, the;   Valleys;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Rephaim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Philistia, philistines;   Rephaim;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Rephaim, Valley of;   Valley;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Philistia;   Rephaim, Valley of;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Israel;   Rephaim;   Samuel, Books of;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rephaim, Valley of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Rephaim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Giants,;   Philis'tines;   Reph'a-Im, the Valley of,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adullam;   Rephaim, Vale of;   Samuel, Books of;   Titans;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Rephaim, Vale of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the Philistines came and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Hebrew Names Version
Now the Pelishtim had come and spread themselves in the valley of Refa'im.
King James Version
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Lexham English Bible
Now the Philistines had come, and they spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
English Standard Version
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
New Century Version
The Philistines came and camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
New English Translation
Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
Amplified Bible
Now the Philistines had come and spread out [for battle] in the Valley of Rephaim.
New American Standard Bible
Now the Philistines came and overran the Valley of Rephaim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the Philistims came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.
Contemporary English Version
So the Philistines camped in Rephaim Valley.
Darby Translation
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Philistines came and camped in Rephaim Valley.
George Lamsa Translation
The Philistines also came and encamped in the Valley of Giants.
Good News Translation
The Philistines arrived at Rephaim Valley and occupied it.
Literal Translation
And the Philistines came and were spread out in the Valley of the Giants.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the Philistynas came and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim.
American Standard Version
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Bible in Basic English
And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the Philistines came, they spread them selues in the valley of Raphaim.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
King James Version (1611)
The Philistines also came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the giants.
English Revised Version
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Berean Standard Bible
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Filisteis camen, and weren spred abrood in the valei of Raphaym.
Young's Literal Translation
and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
Update Bible Version
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Webster's Bible Translation
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
World English Bible
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
New King James Version
The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.
New Living Translation
The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim.
New Life Bible
The Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.
New Revised Standard
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, the Philistines, had come, - and had spread themselves out in the vale of Rephaim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Philistines coming spread themselves in the valley of Raphaim.
Revised Standard Version
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the valley of Reph'aim.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

Contextual Overview

17 When the P'lishtim heard that David had been anointed king over Isra'el, all the P'lishtim went up in search of David. On learning of it, David went down to the stronghold. 18 The P'lishtim came and deployed in the Refa'im Valley. 19 David consulted Adonai , asking, "Should I attack the P'lishtim? Will you hand them over to me?" Adonai answered David, "Attack; I will certainly hand the P'lishtim over to you." 20 So David went to Ba‘al-P'ratzim and defeated them there. He said, " Adonai has broken through my enemies for me like a river breaking through its banks." This is why he called the place Ba‘al-P'ratzim [Lord of breaking through]. 21 The P'lishtim had left their idols there, so David and his men took them away. 22 The P'lishtim came up again and deployed in the Refa'im Valley. 23 When David consulted Adonai , he said, "Don't attack! Circle behind them, and engage them opposite the balsam trees. 24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, advance; because then Adonai has gone out ahead of you to defeat the army of the P'lishtim." 25 David did exactly as Adonai had ordered him to do and pursued his attack on the P'lishtim from Geva all the way to Gezer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the valley: 2 Samuel 23:13, Genesis 14:5, Joshua 15:8, 1 Chronicles 11:15, Isaiah 17:5

Reciprocal: Joshua 17:15 - giants 2 Samuel 21:16 - the giant 2 Samuel 22:38 - General 1 Chronicles 14:9 - the valley

Cross-References

Genesis 4:17
Kayin had sexual relations with his wife; she conceived and gave birth to Hanokh. Kayin built a city and named the city after his son Hanokh.
Genesis 5:14
In all, Kenan lived 910 years; then he died.
Genesis 5:15
Mahalal'el lived sixty-five years and fathered Yered.
1 Chronicles 1:3
Hanokh, Metushelach, Lemekh,
Luke 3:37
of Metushelach, of Hanokh, of Yered, of Mahalal'el, of Keinan,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Or "of the giants", as Joshua 15:8; which lay to the west of Jerusalem; of which, Joshua 15:8- :; the Philistines spreading themselves in it, shows that they were very numerous.


 
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